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Słubice County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (
) in
Lubusz Voivodeship
Lubusz Voivodeship ( ) is a voivodeships of Poland, voivodeship (province) in western Poland with a population of 972,140. Its regional capitals are Gorzów Wielkopolski and Zielona Góra. The region is characterized by a landscape of forests, lake ...
, western
Poland
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, on the
German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the
Polish local government reforms
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passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is
Słubice, which lies south-west of
Gorzów Wielkopolski
Gorzów Wielkopolski (), often abbreviated to Gorzów Wlkp. or simply Gorzów (formerly ), is a city in Geography of Poland, western Poland, located on the Warta, Warta River. It is one of the two principal cities and seats of the Lubusz Voivodes ...
and north-west of
Zielona Góra
Zielona Góra (; ''Green Mountain''; ) is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 140,403 inhabitants (). The region is closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Zielona Góra Wine Fest, Wine Fest. Zie ...
. The county contains three other towns:
Rzepin, lying east of Słubice,
Ośno Lubuskie, lying north-east of Słubice, and
Cybinka
Cybinka () is a town in western Poland, in Słubice County, Lubusz Voivodeship. It is the administrative seat of the Gmina Cybinka.
Geography
Cybinka is located near the Oder river and the border with Germany, about southeast of Słubice and ...
, south-east of Słubice.
The county covers an area of . As of 2019 its total population is 47,018. The most populated towns are Słubice with 16,705 inhabitants and Rzepin with 6,529 inhabitants.
Neighbouring counties
Słubice County is bordered by
Gorzów County
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to the north,
Sulęcin County to the east and
Krosno Odrzańskie County
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Krosno County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lubusz Voivodeship, western Poland, on the German border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government refo ...
to the south. It also borders
Brandenburg
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in
Germany
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to the west.
Administrative division
The county is subdivided into five
gmina
The gmina (Polish: , plural ''gminy'' ) is the basic unit of the administrative division of Poland, similar to a municipality. , there were 2,479 gminy throughout the country, encompassing over 43,000 villages. 940 gminy include cities and tow ...
s (four urban-rural and one rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.
References
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Land counties of Lubusz Voivodeship